Literary Arts Magazine Spring 2019: Coming Soon

As the thought of midterms and spring break make their way into our minds, it is also time for all of the creative writers among us to start thinking about entering a piece of their work into the Spring 2019 Literary Arts Magazine. Luckily, the deadline for submissions is on April 5th, 2019, which gives everyone a little over a month to put together something for the magazine. Personally, I am very excited to enter some of my own work into the magazine, and I sincerely hope that everyone else is excited to put their work in as well.

I often have people ask me about the Literary Arts Magazine. The Literary Arts Magazine, which is called Resonance, is a magazine that features students’ creative works. The magazine features short fiction, short non-fiction, poetry, photography and fine art that is created by students of Mount Aloysius College. Any student — graduate or undergraduate — is welcome and encouraged to submit their work to the magazine. I also get asked often why students should consider submitting their work. My simple answer to this is that students should at least consider sending their work in to be put into the magazine because it allows that creativity to reach other people on campus. Sometimes a single poem or photograph can change someone’s life just by encountering it by chance. A little bit of exposure to an audience can also give a student who wasn’t sure about submitting their work a boost of confidence. This is an amazing feeling to experience as a writer but it can only happen if you allow your work to be exposed to other people on campus, which is a good start if you have any desire to publish your creative work in the future. This opportunity also gives students here a chance to have their work included in a more relaxed level magazine before they enter the crazy world of publishing that we live in today.

This year, I have taken a larger role in the development of the Literary Arts Magazine. I will not only be contributing my own poetry the magazine; I will also be behind the scenes working on the magazine to make sure the process goes smoothly. As the new Belltower

work-study, I have taken the reigns of the magazine and been hard at work getting things ready for its publication. I hope to make this year the most successful year yet and to have some new names in the magazine in addition to returning contributors. It is my biggest hope to have an increase in submissions in this year’s publication.

There are posters hanging throughout the Administration building on campus with information about how to submit work if you are interested. The information will also be included below.

To submit creative work, please email it to BellTowerArts@mtaloy.edu by April 5th 2019. Any questions or concerns that you might have can be emailed to bchst3@student.matloy.edu.

I am a Sophomore at MAC and I am studying English . I am also a volunteer Firefighter and a member of NSLS. I enjoy mostly writing about campus events but am branching out to do student interviews and opinion pieces.